France, capitalizing on Jana Novotna's nervousness, ended Czechoslovakia's hopes of winning the Federation Cup in its last showing as a joint team, beating the Czechs 3-0 in the quarterfinals in Frankfurt, Germany. Conchita Martinez and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario posted straight-set victories, leading No. 1 Spain over the Netherlands 3-0.

- Basketball: The Philadelphia Daily News reported that 76ers officials have spoken to 38-year-old Moses Malone about the possibility of rejoining the team next season. Malone, an unrestricted free agent who won the NBA's most valuable player award as a member of the world champion 76ers in 1983, was in Philadelphia on Wednesday.

Rookie forward Richard Dumas, who helped the Phoenix Suns reach the NBA Finals, agreed in principle on a long-term contract, the team said. No terms were disclosed.

Rather than wait until September to learn whether anyone in the NBA cares to hire him, Milwaukee's unrestricted free agent Fred Roberts said he expects to sign with a team in Spain.

Wesley Person scored 20 as the U.S. edged Italy 74-71 on the second day of the Under-22 World Championships in Burgos, Spain.

In Kalamazoo, Mich., U.S. District Judge Richard A. Enslen ruled Magic Johnson could not have intentionally inflicted emotional stress on the daughter of a woman suing Johnson for infecting her with the AIDS virus and dismissed part of a $2 million lawsuit by Waymer Moore.

- Track and field: Olympic 400-meter hurdles champion Kevin Young made a costly adjustment before the final hurdle and his unbeaten streak of 24 races was ended by Samuel Matete of Zambia in an IAAF Grand Prix meet in London. Matete won in 48.85 seconds. Young was one of seven Olympic champions in the meet. Of the others, Britain's Linford Christie posted an impressive victory over Leroy Burrell at 100 meters, turning in a time of :10.27, and Quincy Watts edged Steve Lewis in the 400 with a :44.78 effort. Sally Gunnell, Olympic titlist in the women's 400 hurdles, ran the second-fastest time of the year, :53.85, and Javier Sotomayor of Cuba attempted to break his world high jump record of 8 feet, but failed at 8-0 1/2 after winning the event at 7-10 1/2.

- Auto racing: While everybody was cheering on Robby Gordon and comeback-minded Neil Bonnett, Bill Elliott flashed some of his old form by winning the pole position for Sunday's DieHard 500 in Talladega, Ala. Gordon, replacing the late Davey Allison and making only his third NASCAR Winston Cup appearance, drew a standing ovation. He finished 14th among the 20 drivers who secured starting positions in the 40-car lineup. Elliott had a fast lap of 192.397 m.p.h.

Alain Prost, winner of eight pole positions in nine races this season, again was fastest in the first round of qualifying for the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim, Germany. Prost covered the 4.22-mile course in 1:39.640.

- Hockey: Rick Dudley, who coached the San Diego Gulls to the best record (62-12-8) in International Hockey League history, resigned to become director of professional scouting for the Los Angeles Kings.

- Cycling: Olympic champion Chris Boardman of Britain broke the week-old world record for one-hour cycling, covering 32.48 miles in Bordeaux, France.